Why using international comparative math and science achievement data from TIMSS is not helpful

The authors explain their argument that using TIMSS data "is a distracting and misleading approach to assessing science and maths teaching in any group of countries with widely differing characteristics. Such global comparative assessments generally serve no productive purpose, because very lit...

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Published in:The Educational forum (West Lafayette, Ind.) Ind.), 2003, Vol.67 (3), p.250-257
Main Authors: Holliday, William G, Holliday, Berchie W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Children
Comparative Education
Core curriculum
Cultural Differences
Curriculum
Education
Educational Objectives
Foreign Countries
Individualized Instruction
Internationaler Vergleich
Kritik
Learning
Leistung
Leistungsmessung
Mathematics
Mathematics Achievement
Mathematics education
Mathematikunterricht
Methodologie
Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Parents & parenting
Politics
Research Problems
Schüler
Schülerleistung
Science Achievement
Science education
Science Teachers
Students
Studies
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Testing Problems
Third International Mathematics and Science Study
TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study)
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Summary:The authors explain their argument that using TIMSS data "is a distracting and misleading approach to assessing science and maths teaching in any group of countries with widely differing characteristics. Such global comparative assessments generally serve no productive purpose, because very little useful information can be discovered and reasonably applied to existing school programs." The article doubts the comparability of the cultural factors which are unique for each country, "such as different national languages, social norms, cultural prides, ... educational goals, and school curricula" so that methodological correctness cannot be achieved. One popular test item from TIMSS is used to demonstrate the arguments. (DIPF/Bi.).
ISSN:0013-1725
1938-8098
DOI:10.1080/00131720309335038